In a funny way, poems are suited to modern life. They're short, they're intense. Nobody has time to read a 700-page book. People read magazines, and a poem takes less time than an article.
Education was the most important value in our home when I was growing up. People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
The biggest problem is people are afraid of poetry, think they can't understand it or that it will be boring.
I think that the presidency really brings out the best in a lot of people.
Now more than ever, I have learned that, when people die, they truly do live throughout those who love them.
Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.
People don't always realize that my parents shared a sense of intellectual curiosity and a love of reading and of history.
I know my mother so well, so it's hard for me to remember that people have a certain image of her, but they don't really know her personality.
Going into politics is something people have asked me about forever.
I've campaigned for people. I've campaigned across the country for people. I have supported people in local elections. I do work with groups and causes. So, I feel like I am a participant and a civically-engaged citizen.
I have come to believe, more strongly than ever, that after people die they really do live on through those who love them.
The most beautiful people are all in the library.
I think he did expand the number of people who were paying attention, and to pay attention in a different way.